non-western art history african masks and...
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Non-Western Art History
African Masks and Masquerades
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African Masks
Are not sculpture, they are part of a performance
The masks are spiritual beings from the otherworld
The masker is subsumed into the otherworld being who is now truly present.
Spirits are of ancestors or from nature and each has their own gestures and movements
Spirits command, manipulate and represent powerful spiritual, natural or social forces
Source: A History of Art in Africa, By Visona, Poynor, Cole, Harris, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Inc. 2001
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African Masquerades
A masquerade is played for an audience, activated by music, dance and dramatic action, sometimes with singing
Masquerades are part of a larger ritual, especially rituals of human passage - planting, harvest, initiation, weddings, funerals
Masquerades are danced to effect change in the community• Children into adults• Seedlings into productive crops• Sickness into health• Crime into judicial resolution• Elders into ancestors
Source: A History of Art in Africa, By Visona, Pyonor, Cole, Harris, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Inc. 2001
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Two Bwa Masks in Performance,1984, H: 7 feet,
Unknown Bwa Artist, Scan: Art History by Marilyn Stokstad
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Bwa Mask,1960, H: 8 feet,
Unknown Bwa Artist, Minneapolis Institute
of Art
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Female Dance Headdress,Early 20th century, H: 45 inches,
Unknown Baga Artist, Cincinnati Art Museum
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Senufo Funeral Masquerade, 1984, Unknown Senufo Artists, Photo by Anita J. Glaze, Scan: The History of Art in Africa,by Visona, Poynor, etc.
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Basinjom Mask and Gown,1972, H: 85 inches,
Unknown Ejagham Artist, Nigeria Scan: African Art by P. McCluskey
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Four Egungun Masqueraders, 1992, Unknown Yoruba Artists, Nigeria, Photo by Marilyn Houlberg,
Scan: The History of Art in Africa by Visona, Poynor, etc.
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Pair of Gelede Masqueraders Dancing,1970, Imeko, Nigeria, Photo: Eliot Elisofon,
Scan: African Art by P. McCluskey
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Gelede Mask, 1992, Unknown Yoruba Artist,
Photo by Elio Elisofon, Scan: Art Beyond The West
by O’Riley
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Gelede Mask: Male Wearing Glasses,20th century, H: 9.5 inches,Unknown Yoruba Artist, Scan: African Art by P. McCluskey
Click here for a video of a GeledeMasquerade:
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Dogon Maskers Wearing Kanaga Masks, 1959, Unknown Sanga Artists, Mali
Scan: A History of Art in Africa, Visona, Poynor, etc.
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Dogon Mask Ceremony, No Date,Unknown Photographer, Scan: randafricanart.com
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Two Dogon Kanaga Masks,2005, Joan and Lou Rose,
Web: ramblingrose.com
Click here for a video of Dogon Maskers:
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Two Dogon Stilt Walkers,2005, Joan and Lou Rose,
Web: ramblingrose.com
Click here for a video of Yacouba stilt walkers, Ivory Coast, 1993:
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This is the end of our presentation on African masks and masquerades.